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"negotiating the terms of a state-based resolution of the federal investigation, which culminated in the signing of the NPA on September 24, 2007"

"OPR evaluated the conduct of each subject... Acosta, however, made the pivotal decision to resolve the federal investigation of Epstein"

"As the U.S. Attorney, Acosta had the "plenary authority""

"Acosta's "breakfast meeting" with one of Epstein's defense counsel in October 2007"

"The letters were sent by an FBI administrative employee"

"the Senate confirmed Acosta's appointment as Labor Secretary"

"sent a December 3, 2018 letter to OPR, citing the Miami Herald's report and requesting that OPR "open an investigation"

"CVRA petitioner "Jane Doe 1" filed in her true name a petition"

"OPR identified former U.S. Attorney Acosta... as subjects of its investigation"

"OPR identified... the AUSA as subjects of its investigation"

"former U.S. Attorney Acosta"

"the AUSA remained with the USAO until mid-2019"

"Epstein entered his guilty plea under the NPA"

"Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced that he had directed the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to open an investigation"

"All five subjects cooperated fully with OPR's investigation"

"Acosta did not sign the NPA, he participated in its drafting and approved it"

"Epstein created a vast network of underage victims in both New York and Florida whom he sexually abused and exploited"

"working at the "Florida Science Foundation," an entity Epstein had recently incorporated"

"The FBI brought the matter to an Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA)"

"Acosta entered into an "extraordinary" deal with Epstein in the form of the NPA, which permitted Epstein to avoid federal prosecution"

"sexual activity with him at his Palm Beach estate"

"Epstein reportedly continued to settle multiple civil suits brought by many, but not all, of his victims"

"Epstein used personal assistants to recruit girls to provide massages to him"

"the court ordered that substantial records relating to the USAO's resolution of the Epstein case be made public... Epstein, who was permitted to inter"

"The letters were sent by an FBI administrative employee... that described the case as "under investigation""

"the government also immunized from prosecution Epstein's co-conspirators and concealed from Epstein's victims the terms of the NPA"